The Politics of Ending Malnutrition - Challenging Conversations with Decision Makers

Day 2 at the N4G Summit CSO Pavilion and we’re getting into the ‘nitty gritty’ of nutrition financing today! Events and conversations covered everything from how to tackle financing gaps to advocating for country-led support to mobilise financing. Join us for fascinating insights as countries share their experiences with the N4D team and with each other – today we hear from Ethiopia, Pakistan and...

C’est fini – so that’s Day 1 of events in the N4G Summit CSO Pavilion in the bag - and we’ve got lots to share!!  Themes are emerging in this ‘summit like no other summit’, with governments, civil society actors and private sector sharing the stage to highlight how nutrition is strengthening partnerships - with actors in early childhood development, climate resilience and others. We’re also h...

N4D podcasts are coming thick and fast now, as we build up to our daily podcast round-up from the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit Paris 2025 next week - stay tuned!  This time it’s a short preview of the week ahead as N4D directors, Chris Leather and Carmel Dolan, share their thoughts on what´s on the agenda and how to measure success. Please join the debate!   Credits: Recorded e...

Welcome to the latest N4D podcast, in the days before the global nutrition community converges like a well-coordinated multisectoral nutrition programme, on Paris for the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit 2025. In the last episode, Brieuc Pont, France’s Special Envoy on nutrition and secretary-general for N4G shared his hopes and expectations for the Summit and his views on how to make investment...

“Nutrition has a branding issue – it’s about so much more than nutrition - I’d rather call it ‘super development’, the art of bringing together different areas of expertise for a tailor made policy for a given problem in a given context.”   Listen to fascinating ‘behind-the-scene’ insights from  Brieuc Pont, Special Envoy on Nutrition and Secretary General of the&nbsp...

For this episode in the “More – and better – financing” series, we’re in conversation with Greg S. Garrett, Executive Director of Access to Nutrition initiative (ATNI), a ‘not-for-profit’ organization. ATNI is not funded by the private sector but acts as a broker to strengthen principles of engagement for working with the private sector, which delivers more than 90 per cent of our food. N4D quiz G...

For the next instalment in the mini-series on “More – and Better – Financing for Nutrition” , N4D are taking it global in a discussion with Dr Meera Shekar, who was, until recently, the World Bank Global Lead for Nutrition. She is the main author of the  World Bank Nutrition Investment Framework  2024, a crucial document in understanding what it’s going to take to move global nutrit...

In this episode, Felix Phiri, who until recently played a lead role in the Government of Malawi coordinating multisectoral nutrition actions, highlights how leadership from the Office of the President helped accelerate progress across sectors towards national nutrition targets and how progress has been slower when this high-level political leadership has not been present. He explains how nutrition...

The N4D Team introduce the latest mini-series on the weighty theme of more and better financing for nutrition in the run up to the Nutrition for Growth summit, an event through which national and international pledges are made towards reducing levels of malnutrition globally.  In this first episode we set the scene for why this mini-series is important, locating this within current initiative...

This podcast features Dr Steve Collins who was key to the development of the globally recognized community base management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) approach.  Everyone in the international nutrition sector will know how Steve’s pioneering work helped to build the evidence for ready to use therapeutic food (RUTF) and the programme approach to empower communities and the parents of mal...

In this episode (13), the N4D Directors reflect on the pod cast mini-series “Country-led… Rhetoric or Reality” during which N4D had conversations with nutrition leaders in three countries: Afghanistan, Ethiopia and Kenya and with two global leaders from the Scaling up Nutrition Movement. While our national nutrition leaders spoke positively about the SUN Movement and other global nutrition initiat...

In this episode Afshan Khan, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Coordinator of the  SUN Movement  shares her views on how SUN can provide tailored support countries to scale up their efforts to end malnutrition in all its forms. She responds to issues raised by our country guests and David Nabarro in previous episodes. Questions addressed include: How does the SUN Movement link with othe...

What was the original vision and approach of the Scaling up Nutrition (SUN) Movement when it started in 2010? Has the approach remained consistent over time? How should we judge success of nutrition actions and the SUN Movement? What are the risks to success? How do you implement a systems approach to nutrition in practice when departments and organisations tend to work in siloes? Should...

Strengthening domestic resource mobilisation and donor coordination.  Our guest: Gladys Mugambi, Kenya Gladys is Head of the  Directorate of Health Promotion and Education in Kenya's Ministry of Health  and Co-Chair of the global  SUN Movement Executive Committee . In this conversation, Gladys explains how different interventions within Kenya´s multisectoral approach has l...

Matching international support with domestic commitments Our guest: Dr. Sisay Sinamo In this episode, Dr Sisay describes how Ethiopia has managed to reduce rates of stunting and what needs to be done to accelerate progress in order to meet national nutrition targets. He highlights the importance of high level political leadership and accountability at national and sub-national levels. Dr Sisay cal...

The role of international actors in mobilising country led, multisectoral nutrition action.  Our guest: Dr Said Shamsul Islam Shams, Afghanistan In this episode, Dr Shams describes how international support helped promote country led, multisectoral and multistakeholder actions for nutrition in Afghanistan. He highlights the importance of sustaining and adapting this support to changing circum...

The N4D Team introduce the "Country Led - rhetoric or reality?" mini-series.   In this episode, the N4D team introduce our new series ¨Country-led: rhetoric or reality?¨ in which we will be discussing with nutrition leaders from country and global levels how to make international support for country-led nutrition action more coherent and effective. It has been 15 years since the fir...

In this episode (No. 6, part 3), N4D interview several country actors, about the  National Information Platform for Nutrition  (NIPN). N4D have been working closely with global and country actors over the past year as part of an evaluation of NIPN commissioned by GIZ-C4N. This innovative and highly successful programme which is currently implemented in 9 countries, is gathering momentum...

In this episode (No. 6, part 2), N4D interview several country actors, about the  National Information Platform for Nutrition  (NIPN). N4D have been working closely with global and country actors over the past year as part of an evaluation of NIPN commissioned by GIZ-C4N. This innovative and highly successful programme which is currently implemented in 9 countries, is gathering momentum...

In Episode 6, part 1, Our guests: Christoph Langenkamp and Rebecca Heidkamp N4D interview two global actors (Christoph Langenkamp and Rebecca Heidkamp) about the National Information Platform for Nutrition (NIPN). N4D have been working closely with global and country actors over the past year as part of an evaluation of NIPN commissioned by GIZ-C4N. This innovative and highly successful programme...

In Episode 5, the N4D team reflects on what we have heard so far during our first three conversations and identifies key lessons learnt and emerging issues. We know what needs to be done to end malnutrition, but we do not have the political will. In the words of Shawn Baker, nutrition must become a political non-negotiable. We heard how we already have very good internationally agreed principles t...

Malnutrition is a political choice  Our guest: Shawn Baker In this episode, the N4D team discuss with Shawn Baker. Shawn is the Chief Program Officer with Helen Keller International and was formerly head of nutrition for USAID and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He has also occupied senior leadership roles in international multistakeholder initiatives including the Scaling up Nutrition...

Sustainable solutions to malnutrition in Yemen  Our guest: Karima Al-Hada´a In this episode, Carmel, Chris and Jeremy discuss the politics of adopting more sustainable solutions to malnutrition in Yemen with Karima Al-Hada´a. Karima is the Planning & Liaison Specialist in the Scaling-Up Nutrition (SUN) Secretariat in Yemen, Assistant National Food Systems Convenor&nbsp...

Trusting local actors and solutions in conflict affected countries Our guest: Habib Ur Rehman Mayar, In this episode, Carmel, Chris and Jeremy discuss the politics of aid in fragile states with Habib Ur Rehman Mayar, Deputy General Secretary of the g7+ Secretariat and Executive Director of g7+ Foundation. The g7+ is an intergovernmental organisation made up of conflict-affected countries...

Paving the way for challenging conversations on driving political change for nutrition and development.    On this first episode of ¨The Politics of Ending Malnutrition¨, the N4D Directors, Carmel, Chris and Jeremy, discuss the purpose of the Podcast and how it relates to N4D´s country focussed strategy. They explain how the series of exciting and challenging conversations with decision...